IUCN Global Red List:Critically Endangered (CR)IUCN National Red List:Vulnerable (VU)Distribution:CubaEvolutionary Distinctiveness score:19.91051864Recommended Conservation Actions:In Situ Conservation , Ex Situ Research , Conservation Education Additional Comments:Reassessed as Vulnerable during the 2010 Cuban Red List assessment. Habitat has probably not changed over the last 50 years. The biggest impact on this species is a paved road that was put through the area (A. R. Estrada, pers. comm. March 2011).

Is the taxon suffering from unsustainable collection within its natural range, either for food, for the pet trade or for any other reason, which threatens the species’ continued persistence in the wild?

Does the taxon have a special human cultural value (e.g. as a national or regional symbol, in a historic context, featuring in traditional stories) or economic value (e.g. food, traditional medicine, tourism) within its natural range or in a wider global context?

Is the species vital to current or planned research other than species-specific ecology/biology/conservation? (e.g. human medicine, climate change, environmental pollutants and conservation science), within its Class (e.g. Amphibia, Reptilia etc.)?

Does conserving this species (or closely related species) in situ depend upon research that can be most easily carried out ex situ?

Yes

Very little is known of the natural history and reproductive biology of the species. It would be better to research some aspects of the biology of this species ex situ, as field trips in Cuba are always expensive.

Do the biological and ecological attributes of this species make it suitable for developing husbandry regimes for more threatened related species? i.e. could this species be used in captivity to help to develop husbandry and breeding protocols which could be used for a similar, but more endangered species at a later stage?